Monday, April 1, 2019

The 1984 Listening Post - The Opposition - Promises

The Opposition - Promises

#341
1984 Housekeeping
The Opposition
Promises
4.5 out of 5

Highlights:
Small Talk
Searching

If memory serves this is actually a departure for this band? I recall them being more synth-y New Wave and this is, while still New Wave, more angular and Jazz influenced.
Maybe I'm misremembering but I am enjoying this as a throw back to all the things I loved about New Wave and not what it all turned into.
When it does harken back to that bigger synth sound ("Innocent") it's a lot more enticing than I remember them or the U2 influences ("Factory Day") but those shouldn't be marks against it.
I really enjoyed this.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/promises/1332143337

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